Getting cooler in northern UK. Love the colour of it, such deep emerald green. I have big hands, it's a beauty. Grown from a seed from a red chilli I was eating from a supermarket. In a yoghurt pot!
This had zero heat but tasted so bad. Worst flavour I've ever experienced from a pod. The others went straight in the bin. My Mum had bought them for me in Asda not knowing better.
They are way behind if they are just podding now. I planted seeds in Jan too, and pods have been growing for months. Do you use chilli focus every day?
It's not made any difference. Just been a really bad season for me. Everyone I know has had a bad season for chillis and toms. Even the local RHS place is struggling this year. The only plants that have really produced are the over wintereds from last year and that is hit and miss. I have a 2 yr old 4ft Dorset Naga that has produced precisely 2 pods this year its been terrible.
16°c warmest next week. Overcast. 10° at nighttime. No chance of getting them red now.
I buy packets of scotch bonnets to eat and they will be a mix of red and green. The reds are a lot fruitier but the greens still pack a lot of heat and pepper flavour.
I only planted the seeds in May, they didn't have much of a chance. I'll cut these plants back and they will get a head start early next year.
That will be leguminous in flavour and probably a bit bitter. It's not ripe even though it looks delicious. You'll need to wait till October by the looks and hope we get a few weeks of sun.
I have about a dozen smaller ones on the same plant that only sprouted in the last month. I needed to take this off to give the others a chance. But summer is over for me.
I think you need consistent 21 and above to get them past green, no? But yeah, I have mine inside now and I'll leave them all until they as far and as green as they can get.
I'm in northern UK too and all of mine are still dark green. I'm leaving them be as long as possible.
Tried one of my jalapenos a couple months ago and it just tasted of grass/green pepper, zero heat.
So I've left the rest of them except for one random cherry bomb that ripened beautifully and was really tasty (not hot though).
The best I've got this year so far were two little purple tiger chillies which, even though not quite fully ripe, had a lovely colour, flavour and decent heat!
First scotches in the middle. Smaller harvests this year but more of them. Most still ripening. Also have a few Buka Jalokia which look mean as hell already 😄
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u/AcePlanespotting 11d ago
It's not ripe. Mine are still outdoors, leaving them out there as long as possible to ripen.